mancha

mancha

See also: Mancha and manchá

English

Etymology

Spanish mancha

Noun

mancha (uncountable)

1. A high-quality grade of Spanish saffron.

Anagrams

• Canham, Machan, machan

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”).

Noun

mancha f (plural manches)

1. stain, blemish

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Galician

Etymology

Attested in 1370 (the derived form manchado, since the 13th century). Ultimately from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Doublet of mágoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa̝/

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; blemish
2. spot
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

     Et o caualo era todo rrodado de mãchas, hũas tã brãcas cõmo a neue et outras tã negras cõmo azaueches.

     And the horse was all covered with spots, some as white as snow, others black as jet

   • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:

     os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa

     one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front

3. (figurative) flaw
4. (fishing) school (of fishes)

   Synonyms: cardume, manda

Derived terms

• manchado
• manchar

Related terms

• mágoa

References

• “mancha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mancha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mãchas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mancha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mancha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mancha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/

• Homophone: Mancha
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Compare with the borrowed doublets mácula, malha, mágoa, and mangra.

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; mark; blemish; spot (visible impression)

   Synonyms: laivo, mácula, malha, nódoa, pinta

2. a disgrace, discredit in one’s reputation

   Synonyms: descrédito, desgraça, desonra, vergonha

Derived terms

• mancha amarela
• mancha catódica
• mancha iônica
• mancha solar
• mancha vermelha

 

Related terms

• imaculado
• mácula
• maculado
• malha
• manchado
• manchar

 

Verb

mancha

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Confer with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with mangla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa/ [ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Syllabification: man‧cha

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. spot; stain; blemish

Derived terms

• Gran Mancha Roja (“Great Red Spot [of Jupiter]”)
• mancha mongólica
• quitamanchas
• sacamanchas

Related terms

• manchar
• manchoso

Verb

mancha

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014